2012/12/28

Pizza dough

After reading a lot and even more trial and error I think I found my perfect recipe for pizza dough. It is a cold yeast dough i.e. you use more yeast than usual the dough will rise in the fridge. Here are the ingredients for 3-4 large pizze:

30 gr fresh yeast
500 gr flour (cake flour)
250 ml warm water
6-10 Tbsp Olive oil
Salt, pinch of sugar

Here is what you do: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the other ingredients and use additional oil/water or flour until you get the right consistency of the dough. It should not stick to your fingers and should be very flexible. You will probably have to knead the dough for a couple of minutes (5-10 min).

Put the dought in a bowl, cover with a damp cloth and put in the fridge and allow the dough to rise. After a couple of hours cut the dough into 3-4 equal portions and knead again for a couple of minutes. Put separate pieces in fridge again.

After 2 more hours you can use the dough for your pizza. It will keep in the fridge for a couple of days.

Now I just have to convince the landlord to let me build that wood-fired pizza oven in the garden ...

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